Physiognomy (ʿilm-i firāsat) and Ottoman Statecraft: Discerning Morality and Justice
In the tenth/sixteenth century six treatises on physiognomy (ʿilm-i firāsat)—a science widely considered able to predict inner moral dispositions (aḫlāq-i bāṭina) based on external appearances (aḥwāl-i ẓāhira)—were written for the Ottoman court. In a world in which statecraft and politics were ultim...
| Published in: | Arabica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Arabica
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ʿIlm-i firāsat
ʿIlm-i firāsat
ʿilm-i qiyāfat
ʿilm-i qiyāfat
Firāsatnāme
Firāsatnāme
Qiyāfatnāme
Qiyāfatnāme
physiognomy
physiognomonie
Ottoman
ottoman
aḫlāq
aḫlāq
naṣīḥat
naṣīḥat
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Volltext (Verlag) |